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The Business Transacted at the Reg ular Monthly Session—The May or’s Appointments Confirmed. At the regular meeting of the City Council held Monday evening the re ports of officers for the month of June were received and adopted. The Chief of Police reported fines col lected, $82.05; ex-Market Master O’ Neil reported collections to the amount of $79.39; Market Master Ryland, $124; Ex-City Collector Ferguson reported collections for 1888, 1889 and 1890, $867. 79; Collector Kean reported taxes and water rents, $5,440.97. The report of Treasurer Thomas L. Coulehan shows a balance of $2,006.07 in the treasury July 6. The committee on accounts reported having examined the accounts filed for June 191, and recommended that the city clerks issue drafts for the same. An order to that effect was adopted. The committee on appeals and trans fers having recommended the remission of the taxes on $58,200 of the assessable property of the Cumberland Hydraulic Cement and Manufacturing Company, an order was adopted in accordance therewith, on motion of Mr. Bachman. Mr. Millman presented an order to pave a gutter in the alley from Water street to the Court House, cost not to exceed $100—adopted. The report of the committee to appro priate $250 to repair Wincow street was adopted. An order was adopted requiring the George’s Creek and Cumberland Rail road Company to enlarge a culvert at or near the Cumberland brewery, on North Centre street, after being duly notified. Permission was granted John W. Scott to erect a frame building on Centre street. Orders were passed authorizing the chief of police to purchase needed arti cles for police station house; to have 3,000 water contracts printed; to purchase numbers for city cabs at a cost not ex ceeding $3.00 per hundred; to improve the rights in the market house at a cost not to exceed $10; to have 800 cards printed bearing the names of the city officials with the standing committees of the city council; to lay a new pavement in front of the city hall; to pay Mr. Ed. Rizer $34.75 for the loss of a barrel of oysters which fell from the U. S. express wagon last winter when the wagon was crossing the gutter on George's street, near the residence of Dr. Olr, was pass ed, providing Mr. Rizer would withdraw his suit against the city and pay the cost in same. The report of committee on Mr. Bri dendolph’s account, recommending the payment of 366.35 in full payment, was, after some discussion, reported back to the committee on accounts. The committee on streets and alleys made a favorable report upon laying crossing at the intersection of Mechanic and Centre streets. Report adopted. The insolvent list presented to the council for insolvencies for the council to examine was laid over until next meeting. The petition of several citizens for the improvement of Green and Paca streets was referred to committee on streets and alleys. The account of the Fair Hope Fire Brick Company was referred to commit tee on streets and alleys. The account of Mr. Gaffney for ser vices as city engineer was referred to committee on accounts. The report of Engineer Tegmyer and other papers referring to the contem plated building of a new bridge across Will's Creek at the foot of Baltimore street were referred to a special commit tee consisting of Messrs. Gordon, Young, Cromwell, McHlenry and Mellinger. A letter from a Pittsburg tile floor contractor relative to a tile floor for the city hall, was referred to the committee on city hall. The following message from the mayor was read and council went into executive session, (rentamen of the City Council : I send you the name of Douglas P. LeFevre as city engineer it the place of James P. Gaffney resigned. I also send you the name of James Preston as jani tor of the station house in the place of George Fisher resigned, and I ask that you confirm them, Il respectfully call your attention to the condition of the station house. Many of the cells are frequently flooded with water and none of them have even a chair or bed of any kind in them. Persons are very often confined there for days and sometimes for weeks and I would suggest that they should at least have a bed to lie on. I ask that you have the cells fixed up some and that you have cots and bedding put in some of them and have curtains at the wind ows of the station house. I also ask that you pass an order for the repaveing of Baltimore street at once and for paveing the streets around the city hall, station house and other city property with fire brick, and the fixing up of the pavements around the city hall. Very respectfully, Wv. J. BLACK ISTON, , Mayor. Upon the reopening of the doors the confirmations of Douglas P. Le Fevre city engineer and James Preston, janitor of the station house, were announced. The part of the mayor's message relat ing to the paving of Baltimore street was referred to the committee on streets and alleys. Other recommendations con tained in the mayor's message had been acted upon by the passage of orders au thorizing the same. After instructing the clerk to make up the tax books as soon and as cheaply as possible, the council at 10:45 o'clock ad journed.
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Cumberland Weekly Civilian
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Fri, Jul 10, 1891
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